. A history of Section 647, United States army ambulance service with the French army. Crowded Deck as ship enters New York Harbor. Entering New York Harbor [901 Those who had enlisted in the United States and had to be sent to other camps for dis-charge were free very soon after. One of the features of our short life at Camp Dix was the visit of some of thefriends and relatives of the boys. Also, one of the section members, Rosen, who hadbeen detached from us before the armistice, by reason of illness, came for a final farewell. It was fortunate that the section partially broke up in France a
. A history of Section 647, United States army ambulance service with the French army. Crowded Deck as ship enters New York Harbor. Entering New York Harbor [901 Those who had enlisted in the United States and had to be sent to other camps for dis-charge were free very soon after. One of the features of our short life at Camp Dix was the visit of some of thefriends and relatives of the boys. Also, one of the section members, Rosen, who hadbeen detached from us before the armistice, by reason of illness, came for a final farewell. It was fortunate that the section partially broke up in France and that the menwere not all discharged at one stroke in Camp Dix. Otherwise it might have been lesseasy to say goodbye. As it was, it took every bit of the joy over being so near hometo tide over the parting. We had lived to-gether, worked together, and played togetherfor so long that we sincerely regretted that the pleasure of becoming civilians again hadto be accompanied by a loss, at least temporarily, of so many real friends. We hope thatthis separation will not be permanent in any case. We hope that very many of the menw
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